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Old     (grant_west)      Join Date: Jun 2005       02-16-2010, 2:23 PM Reply   
WOW
Check out this pilot trying to land this jet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfB4xyM7tMw&feature=related

My Brother and Jason and I have been flying our RC planes at the local school some of our landing's look like this LOL.

I can't even think how it would feel to be a passenger on a flight like this WOW pretty crazy
Old     (sinkoumn)      Join Date: Jan 2007       02-16-2010, 2:35 PM Reply   
Pilot: "Don't worry dude, I got this....woooooop!"
Old     (jaegermaster)      Join Date: Sep 2002       02-16-2010, 2:50 PM Reply   
I think I would have crapped myself.
Old     (ralph)      Join Date: Apr 2002       02-16-2010, 3:37 PM Reply   
The pilot knows what colour adrenaline is...... its brown.
Old     (guido)      Join Date: Jul 2002       02-17-2010, 4:20 PM Reply   
ABORT! ABORT!

Ha, ha. That's just craziness. I can't imagine even trying the landing when you're coming in that sideways.
Old     (markoranovich)      Join Date: Jul 2008       02-20-2010, 8:49 PM Reply   
Looks like coming into Vegas...LoL
Old     (benjaminp)      Join Date: Nov 2008       02-21-2010, 7:40 PM Reply   
Hey flight control...screw you guys. Thats some solid flying.
Old     (wakerider42)      Join Date: May 2002       02-22-2010, 3:27 PM Reply   
Yeah that's gnarly. I talked with a pilot buddy of mine and this is not as uncommon as you would think apparently. I YouTubed "crosswind landings" and you see all kinds of Boeing test flights. I guess they're made to handle that kind of thing.

But yes, I would absolutely be pooing myself if I were on one of those planes!!
Old     (dh03r6)      Join Date: Mar 2007       02-22-2010, 4:10 PM Reply   
I dont have words.
Old     (plhorn)      Join Date: Dec 2005       02-23-2010, 11:11 AM Reply   
Ben- That attempted landing was Crap. The title saying "Amazing pilot" was written by someone who knows nothing about flying commercial airliners.
Old     (noti_dad)      Join Date: Jul 2003       02-23-2010, 12:21 PM Reply   
Check this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljOxo0s33sI&feature=PlayList&p=AC322323D36 95844&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=5
Old     (guido)      Join Date: Jul 2002       02-23-2010, 12:29 PM Reply   
Dave, that last landing was CRAZY! Man that plane was sieways.
Old     (noti_dad)      Join Date: Jul 2003       02-24-2010, 4:28 PM Reply   
^^^^^ yeah.
Boeing Flight Test pilots are definitely worth their pay. I've seen a few first hand in Central WA. CRAZY!
Old     (dizzyj)      Join Date: Jul 2003       02-24-2010, 9:00 PM Reply   
wow, really makes you appreciate what those can go through.

on the last 2 it looked like the wheels were slanted to favor the landing. do they do that? or was it a trick of the light?
Old     (helinut)      Join Date: Apr 2007       02-25-2010, 8:05 AM Reply   
The C5 has wheels that will move to allow it to land straight in a crosswind. They found that since it was such a big aircraft though, it would take a small hurricane to affect it. I believe the B52 also had the same ability.

Those test boys do make their money. I have a commercial license and I would be crappin' my pants on that last landing. Especially with that big of an aircraft. You should see the final brake test they did before certifying the 777.

Fully loaded aborted takeoff right before they hit the limit for a safe abort. They applied full brakes and smoked em. Started the tires on fire and they had to sit on the runway for 5 minutes like that to simulate the time it would take for the fire team to show up. It was freaky as heck!

(Message edited by helinut on February 25, 2010)
Old     (helinut)      Join Date: Apr 2007       02-25-2010, 8:06 AM Reply   
That would be this test.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4LFErD-yls
Old     (noti_dad)      Join Date: Jul 2003       02-25-2010, 12:00 PM Reply   
^^^^^^nice.
The Flight Test Wheel/Tire shop is just down from my office. You should see what brakes look like froze and what some locked brake landings do to tires.

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